#9

Okay, I tried the blog search tools, (Topix, Syndic8, Technorati). Was not enamored of the first two, but had more success with Technorati, where I discovered Kim Pfaffenroth's blog, "Gospel of the Living Dead." Kim has the distinction of being an academic in religious studies as well as a zombie fan. Not interests typically found in the same person:) He did a great nonfiction book about the Christian symbolism in George Romero's zombie movies, and edited a collection of zombie stories in various historical settings, called, "History is Dead." He also was the first one to reject my Napoleonic-era zombie story (he hated the ending), but I don't hold it against him, as I wouldn't have written the story but for the theme of the anthology, and I sold it elsewhere (after tweaking the ending--so he was right--sue me:

But back on topic. Technorati is very easy to use, so I'll probably try more searches when I'm not scrambling so hard to beat the webchallenge deadline!

Plugging Away at RSS

Well, I've set up my Bloglines account, and subscribed to a few feeds, including the Ocean County segment of the Asbury Park Press, the always funny (and mostly true) Unshelved, and the Webthings Challeng blog. In addition, I've subscribed to one of my favorite writing blogs--by James Van Pelt. James is a High School English teacher, short story writer, and novelist, as well as an all around nice guy. He had a story published in Paradox the issue after mine. Plus he's down to earth and shares a lot of his classroom experiences as well as thoughts on writing which are generally inspiring.